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Astronomy observatory in Staffordshire, England.

astronomy.me.uk The Website of Lichfield Radio Astronomy Observatory (LRO)

Astronomy observatory in Staffordshire, England.

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Attending & talking at conferences, workshops & societies

Photos from Practical Astronomy Show in Stoneleigh, Coventry, 23/3/2024

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Microscopy

Photos of my Zeiss IM35 microscope 23/3/2024

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Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)

How to orientate grid antennae

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Attending & talking at conferences, workshops & societies

Photos from European Astrofest 2024

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European Astrofest in Kensington London on first weekend February 2024 Andy

Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)

Latest picture of Perseus Arm of Milky taken at LRO at 1420.405MHz (hydrogen) frequency.

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My latest picture of the Milky Way at 1420.405MHz is presented below. Processing in ezRA suite. No further post-processing or data correction on this image. Advantage of radio astronomy like…

Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)

LRO Cantenna at 39.4 degrees elevation, 163 degrees azimuth

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ezRA software suite 24 hours data 3-4/4/2024 Successful detection of galactic hydrogen suggesting this cantenna can be used to map Milky Way in hydrogen. Andy

Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)

Successful detection of hydrogen line using homemade cantenna at LRO 3-4/3/2024

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The following graph from ezRA suite shows successful mapping of hydrogen line across radio sky using my homemade cantenna over last 12 hours, although the later plots show that there…

Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)

Collecting and Processing hydrogen line Milky Way (elevation 77.3 azimuth 163 @ LRO) data for Alex Pettit 2-3/3/2024

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Elevation 77.3 degrees Azimuth 163 from Lichfield, UK (LRO) 2/3/2024-3/3/2024, Nooelec 1.4GHz mesh antenna, Nooelec SAWBird+ H1 LNA, RTL-SDR Blog V3 Software Defined Radio. Data downloadable from link below –…

Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)

First light Home-made cantenna at LRO 3/3/2024@14:00

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Just plugged in my homemade cantenna and the trace below on ezRA software suite (Ted Cline, https://github.com/tedcline/ezRA) immediately shows evidence of the hydrogen line – amazing how well an old…

Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)

How to orientate mesh satellite/WiFi dishes for radio astronomy

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So the orientation that I currently have my dishes in above is incorrect – I need to rotate the dishes on their tripods by 90 degrees so the long axis…

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